Change the voting Age.?

Question

Considering the fact that most 18 year olds haven't got a clue about what's happening and why (in the world). Why should they have a vote? I say bring the voting age back to 21.

Answer 1

I'm 17 soon to be 18 and know exactly what's going on. The voting age should NOT changed. I'm one more vote to help fight socialist liberals.

Answer 2

The voting age was 21 in the past?

As stated before, there are plenty of people in the later years that have absolutely no idea what is going on in politics. In fact, I would agrue (as a 35 year old) that 18 year olds are often more aware of what is happening in the world then their parents. For the simple fact that they are still in an educational learning environment.

I have the same agrument for this as I do for the drinking age (which should be lowered to 18). Anyone who tells me that the men coming home from Iraq (no matter how you feel about the war) don't deserve a beer and have earned the right to vote is insane. A large number of those men (and women) are 18.

Answer 3

people are not created equal, some 18 yr old are very aware and some are not. they only thing i would say is that views change with life experiences and some young people who feel strongly liberal will change when their life experiences change, it is a fact of life but i would not want to change that they have the right to vote. if they can serve their county, they should have a voice.

as the other poster mentioned, most will not vote and this included all ages. more people voted for 'American idol' than the president. sad but true fact.

i trust our system and if we don't like what we get, we can survive until the next election. so have some faith in our young people and our system.

Answer 4

When I was 18, I had to explain to my 48 year old mother what NAFTA was.

There are some 18 year olds that don't know what's going on the world, but the same could be said of any age.

They should have a vote because, in the eyes of the law, they are adults.

Answer 5

Sorry, bad excuse, we have people running for President that doesnt have a clue. Im 19 and look up the issues when I can. I watch the news, research on the internet, Im taking a Political Science course this semester and may even minor in Poli Sci. I bet there are a lot of elder adults who dont do half of that. So, do we raise the voting age to 65, when you are retired and can research all you want? Nahhhhhhhhhh.

Answer 6

I've found out that many people over the age of 21 have no clue about what is happening in the world. You're an ageist. I, along with many other people I know who are 18, are deeply involved in politics and know a great deal about it.

Answer 7

In extreme college my English instructor, in basic terms attempting to awaken us up, referred to that top schoolers who paintings are taxed by utilising can not vote, consequently are taxed with out representation. i do no longer see something incorrect with the 18 365 days old benchmark. we want some specific component in time to be the vote casting age. might you desire a three 365 days old vote casting for President? What i might discover annoying is popping 18 appropriate after an election wherein i wanted to vote. no longer a difficulty for me, in spite of the undeniable fact that it would be for some human beings.

Answer 8

The ones who don't have a clue are less likely to vote than adults that don't have a clue so it is not really a problem.

Answer 9

If you lose that, then 18-year olds will be losing another aspect of being an "adult". I know some 30-year olds who don't have a clue to what's going on either. Can't stop them from voting.

Answer 10

I remember when females could vote at 18 and males at 21. Perhaps it's not so much the voting age as it is what we have as candidates to select from.